Red! Red! Red! <br />Is there no black? <br />Red like the bloody earth, this pack! <br />Knaves! Kings! Queens!- all red! <br />Where are the black? <br />Shuffle again! <br />Will not the other cards come back? <br />The only cards to clear the brain! <br />Dear God, ‘twill crack! <br />Shuffle again! <br />Red! Red! Red! <br /> <br />Black! Black! Black! <br />Is there no red? <br />Has all the blood on earth been shed? <br />Each Queen! Each King! and every Jack! <br />Where are the red? <br />Shuffle again! <br />Has blood within the world all bled? <br />The millions mourning for the slain? <br />The million dead? <br />Shuffle again! <br />Black! Black! Black!<br /><br />Leon Gellert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/patience-48/
